financial regulation India – Fingineer

SEBI’s Newfound Flexibility on Third-Party Investments in Mutual Funds: Reform or Regulatory Compromise?

Financial Literacy Mutual Fund SEBI

SEBI’s Newfound Flexibility on Third-Party Investments in Mutual Funds: Reform or Regulatory Compromise?

By Awanish Kumar Mishra May 26, 2026

SEBI is willing to relax its own rules of third-party investment into mutual funds? Why did it ban third party investment earlier? Has the…

Retail Losses in Indian Derivatives: How Exploding Volumes, Not STT, Drove the Crisis

Financial Literacy STT

Retail Losses in Indian Derivatives: How Exploding Volumes, Not STT, Drove the Crisis

By Awanish Kumar Mishra February 4, 2026

Retail losses in India’s derivatives market have reached crisis proportions—but not for the reasons most people assume. An examination of two decades of data…

NSE Prohibits Stock Brokers From Distributing Banking Loans: Rationale, Impact and Implications

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NSE Prohibits Stock Brokers From Distributing Banking Loans: Rationale, Impact and Implications

By Awanish Kumar Mishra December 23, 2025

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has drawn a firm regulatory boundary for stock brokers, prohibiting them from distributing or offering banking loan products, even…

Awanish Kumar Mishra
Delhi University, IIM Alumni
Founder, Center for Financial Inclusion and Planning

Mr. Awanish Kumar Mishra straddles the domains of media, finance, academics, policy making, and digital transformation.

An alumnus of reputed institutions like the Ramjas College (Delhi University), the Indian Institute of Management (Indore), the Xavier Institute of Communications (Mumbai), the Indian Institute of Capital Market (Navi Mumbai), and the National Institute of Securities Market (Navi Mumbai), Mr. Mishra is a public intellectual of repute.

After quitting UTI Mutual Fund in 2003, Mishra worked with several major media houses, including Dainik Bhaskar (Resident Editor-Delhi NCR), Dainik Jagran (Corporate Editor) and Amar Ujala(Economic Editor). Later, he founded a personal finance magazine, Money Mantra, which he edited till July 2013.

Currently, Mr. Mishra is working on a project, ‘Risk Mitigation Mechanism in Financial Market.’ The project strives to protect small investors from scams and promote fair play.

For Mr. Mishra, subjects like financial inclusion and financial planning are not just academic matters but also a passion. He wants to enliven www.natfin.org with his enthusiasm and knowledge.

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